Hair defects and pup loss in mice with targeted deletion of the first cut repeat domain of the Cux/CDP homeoprotein gene

Developmental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-81

  Tufarelli, Cristina ^a   Fujiwara, Yuko ^b   Zappulla, David C ^a   Neufeld, Ellis J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC DISORDER; HAIR DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032146397     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8950     Document Type: Article

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